Veterinary operating-table.



L. L. CONKEY. VETERINARY OPERATING TABLE.

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LEONARD L. CONKEY, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

VETERINARY OPERATING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22,1913.

Application filed October 12, 1911. Serial No. 654,394.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD L. CONKEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica,residing atGrand Rapids, in the countyof Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVeterinary Operating-Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in veterinary operating tables, andmore particularly to such tables for operating on small animals, and itsobject is to provide a table having various features of adjustment andappliances, and to provide the same with certain new and useful featureshereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theclaims reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 an endelevation of the upper part of the same with a portion broken away; Fig.3 the same differently adjust-ed; Fig. 4 a detail showing anotherdifferent adjustment; Fig. 5 a plan view of the lower part of thedevice; and Fig. 6 a detail in vertical section of a portion of thedevice.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a tubular pedestal having an internal screw thread andprovided with radially extended supporting legs 2. This pedestal and thelegs are preferably an integral casting.

3 is a screw threaded standard inserted in the pedestal and verticallyadjustable therein by rotating the standard. The top of the standard isprovided with a yoke l in which is pivoted a head 5 having a holdingsegment 7 adjustably held by a set screw 8 to determine the position ofthe head about its pivot 6. On opposite ends of the head is a flange 9to which is pivoted diverging and adjustable arms 10, as at 11. Thesearms are provided with slotted segments 12 and are independentlyadjusted about the axis of the pivot 11 and held by means of a clampingscrew 12 extending through the slots in the segments. Pivoted to theupper end of each arm 10 are hinge members 13 pivoted to each other asat 27. Plates 14 are secured to the hinge members 13 and near the outeredge of each plate is supported a rod 15 by means of brackets 16attached to the plates.

17 is a trough beneath the adjacent edges of the plates to receive anyfluid that may drain from the same. The upper edges of this troughslidably engage the members 13 to permit the same to move freely abouttheir pivots 27 and the trough is supported in place by means ofcontractile coil springs 18 having their ends attached to hooks 19 onhinges 13* secured to the respective ends of the plates 14.

By adjustment of the arms 10 toward and away from each other the hingededges of the plates 14- are raised or lowered and when the arms aremoved apart the plates will approach a more nearly horizontal position,

and by moving the arms toward each other the adjacent edges of theplates will descend into the trough and the plates rise and approacheach other at their outer edges, forming a BJ-shaped trough or support;or the arms at one side and the plate carried thereby may be movedtoward the horizontal position while the other plate may be adjustedmore nearly vertical. By turning the head 5 about its pivot either endof the plates may be lowered and the other end raised as occasion mayrequire. The upper part of the device may also be rotated about avertical axis or the device raised or lowered as preferred.

hen an animal is placed 011 the device it can be secured by straps orcords to the rods 15 as occasion may require, and by the variousadjustments described as can be brought into any convenient position foroperating upon the same.

For supporting wash bowls, soap and towel for various purposes sleeves20 and 21 are provided which are freely rotative about the standard 3and rest on the top of the column 1. To the sleeve 21 is attached a bar22 supporting an arm 23 on which arm towels may be hung, and mounted onthis arm is a soap receptacle 24:. Mounted on the sleeve 20 are bands 25which extend outward therefrom and are each formed in a ring to receiveand support any suitable wash bowl 26 for containing water, two beingprovided, one for hot water and one for cold water.

From the foregoing, the operation of the device is obvious withoutfurther description.

What I claim is 1. A veterinary operating table, comprising two plateshinged to each other at adjacent edges, diverging and independentlyadjustable arms supporting the plates and a pivoted and adjustable headsupporting the arms.

2. A veterinary operating table, comprising two plates hinged to eachother at adj acent edges, diverging and independently adjustable armssupporting the plates, brackets attached to the outer edge of eachplate, and rods supported by the brackets.

A veterinary operating table, comprising two plates hinged to each otherat adjacent edges, diverging and independently adjustable armssupporting the plates and a trough supported by the plates below thehinged edges of the same.

41-. A veterinary operating table, comprising two plates hinged to eachother at adjacent edges, rods attached to the outer edges of the platesand spaced apart therefrom, inde iiendently adjustable diverging armssupporting the plates and a trough supported by the plates beneath theadjacent edges of the same.

5. A veterinary operating table, comprising two plates hinged to eachother at adjacent edges, diverging independently adjustable armssupporting the plates, a trough supported by the plates beneath theadjacent edges of the same and a pivoted and adjustable head supportingthe arms.

6. A veterinary operating table, comprising a vertically adjustablestandard, a yoke at the top of the same, a head pivoted in the yoke,means for adjusting the head about its pivot, two pairs of divergingarms pivoted to the respective ends of the head eachpair beingindependently adjustable, hinge mem- Gopies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

bers supported by the arms and plates mounted on said members.

7. A veterinary-operating table, comprising a vertically adjustablestandard, a yoke on the standard, a head pivoted in the yoke,

a segment 011 the head adjustable in the yoke,

a screw in the yoke engaging the segment, flanges on the respective endsof the head, diverging arms independently pivoted on the flanges andhaving slotted segments, screws in the slots of thesegments to hold thearms adjusted, hinge members pivoted to the arms and to each other,plates mounted on said members with their adjacent edges spaced apartand a trough supported beneath said edges.

S. A veterinary operating table, comprising two plates, hinge membersconnecting adjacent edges of said plates, diverging and independentlyadjustable arms supporting said hinge members, a trough slidablyengaging said hinge members and contractile springs connected to theplates and supporting the trough.

9. A veterinary operating table, comprising two plates hinged to eachother at adja cent edges, a trough beneath said edges and slidablyengaging the hinges, contractile springs supporting the trough andconnected to the plates, diverging independently adjustable armssupporting the plates, a head having flanges at the respective ends towhich the arms are pivoted and adjustably secured, a verticallyadjustable and rota'tive standard having a yoke in which the head ispivoted and means for adjusting and holding said head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD L. CONKEY.

lVitnesses V I HARO D O; VAN ANTWERP, LUTHER V. IVIOUVLTQN.

Washington, D. G.

